Albert Pierrepoint famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree....I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions I carried out has in any way acted as a deterrent against future murder. Capital punishment, in my view, achieved nothing except revenge.
-- Albert Pierrepoint

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All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment, convince me that in what I have done, I have not prevented a single murder.
-- Albert Pierrepoint

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I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people...The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off.
-- Albert Pierrepoint

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Capital punishment in my view achieved nothing except revenge.
-- Albert Pierrepoint

#Revenge #Views #Punishment

Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I'm praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
Capital punishment in my view achieved nothing except revenge.
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field.
I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
My car's my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We're in the most comfortable seats because we're not facing each other, but sitting side by side. We don't look at each other, but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult. Nobody serves anybody. And many other aspects. One most important thing is that it transports us from one place to another.
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

Albert Pierrepoint famous quotes

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